distressedly
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
in a distressed manner
Example Sentences
- "Sally said distressedly: "Oh, Mike, it's all true and I'm so sorry!""
- "Marjorie caught it in her hand, where it lay palpitating distressedly; and thrusting her arm through a broken pane of glass, allowed the creature to escape."
- "She looked distressedly at his table."
- "As she remained looking at him with bright, curious eyes, but still shaking her fair head distressedly, he moved nearer and caught her hand in the little pale lilac thread glove that was, nevertheless, too wide for her small fingers, and said appealingly: "But why should YOU forget it?"
Etymology
From distressed + -ly.
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more distressedly (comparative)
most distressedly (superlative)